Fragile uplands

Anniversary lunch at Craven Arms, Shropshire.
Shall we drive up the Long Mynd again?
Not necessarily walk much, but a renewed taste
of the lovely views of entwined valleys.
“No Entry! High risk of wild fires”.

We drove along to Carding Mill Valley
but it was very busy, so on to a narrow lane
winding around, and into a quiet valley
and then up, the road  took us up to the top
to a part we’d not been before.
Everything brown and scorched
and sheep sheltering, resting in the shadows
– some searching patiently nibbling what they could find.
Far views over to Caer Caradoc, and the plain north
with the Wrekin standing out like a pyramid..
Then the road suddenly descended and we were back
in All Stretton, so off home,
but what  a lovely visit
in Shropshire’s Little Switzerland.